For me, I think it was a little easier to write thinking that nobody was listening.

I spent a long time writing in obscurity. You'll spend a long time writing in obscurity.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Across the room, Hale smiled slightly. 'We can draw you a diagram if you need it.' 'No thanks,' Nick said. 'I think I've got everyone but you.

In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car.

I'm very surprised - midway through my second glass of red wine last night, I really didn't think I'd be standing here with a trophy in my hands.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.

After a play in the field Casey would turn (to the players on the bench) and say 'What did he do wrong?' or 'You're better than that guy.' Either way, he'd keep them from getting stale.

I've never seen myself as an artist. So when that happened it was like a whole other crazy thing.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.